April 2nd, 2014
Hi Parents!
I was going to write on my little white board but there was too much happening today to write in on there. We were so busy it is hard to believe it was only one day... and your children will either be very cranky tonight or fall asleep on the way home.
This morning we headed to the highschool to meet our new buddies. We had a great group of guys and gals meet us and play with us. I am going to start working more closely with their teacher so both groups get the most out of our monthly meetings as possible.
Today they had an Easter theme. First we went to the gym with our first group and found our friends the kids and highschool students played games together and got to know each other. Interestingly enough and completely by coincidence the pairings were almost perfect.
After the gym we headed to the cafeteria where we had a healthy snack (the highschool class decorated the tables with Easter basket grass and eggs, it was really cute). We met our second set of buddies, made a craft, a game and played some games. After a great morning we said good bye and headed back to the daycare.
After lunch we met a new friend in letter land! Uppy Umbrella!
We cut out umbrella shapes from construction paper, then we cut out squares from scrapbook paper and glued them on our umbrellas. We have some stunning Uppy Umbrellas on our window!
After snack we headed outside and played in the beautiful sunshine for an hour!
What a fantastic day!
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Friday, 15 November 2013
Kid related Community Events
November 23rd at the Riverview Kinsmen Community Centre from 10-2 there is a fun event where children who are 3 and up can go in and buy christmas gifts for their families.
Last year one of my students went and their mom said it was fantastic the children can take 10 bucks and there is a person there who helps them pick out and wrap all the gifts they want for their family. All of the gifts are donated so there is some interesting stuff (i heard the wild cats donated a lot of tickets). Great way to empower children at Christmas time!
Last year one of my students went and their mom said it was fantastic the children can take 10 bucks and there is a person there who helps them pick out and wrap all the gifts they want for their family. All of the gifts are donated so there is some interesting stuff (i heard the wild cats donated a lot of tickets). Great way to empower children at Christmas time!
Sunday, 10 November 2013
November News
I cannot believe that it is already November 10th! I know I say something like this every time I log in but this is crazy how fast time is going! All of the kids are growing and changing every day. I am very proud of all of them for all of the hard work they are doing!
November like every other month is going to be busy busy!
*insert schedule*
I sent home a calendar with each child and our Pet Show wall already has photos of 3 lovely puppies and one kitten! The children love sharing their pets and I heard a few of my little buddies took photos of their stuffies to share!
I will come back to edit the schedule for the month but we will be focusing on animals both pets and farm animals and will be continuing on in letterland! We are starting H on Tuesday so we are really getting a good review of each letter.
The Christmas Concert's date has been set for December 3rd! The kids already know their songs and are superstars!
I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend as long as me, Isaac and Libby are!
Have a nice couple of days off and see you all on Tuesday!
Tina
November like every other month is going to be busy busy!
*insert schedule*
I sent home a calendar with each child and our Pet Show wall already has photos of 3 lovely puppies and one kitten! The children love sharing their pets and I heard a few of my little buddies took photos of their stuffies to share!
I will come back to edit the schedule for the month but we will be focusing on animals both pets and farm animals and will be continuing on in letterland! We are starting H on Tuesday so we are really getting a good review of each letter.
The Christmas Concert's date has been set for December 3rd! The kids already know their songs and are superstars!
I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend as long as me, Isaac and Libby are!
Have a nice couple of days off and see you all on Tuesday!
Tina
Friday, 18 October 2013
Pumpkin Fun!
Ok I am so excited about everything we did today I have to share it with you in detail! My little white board will not do today!
During circle time I introduced a special guest, our pumpkin.
We talked about the pumpkin and I asked the children to come up with ideas of things you could do with a pumpkin, some of their answers were:
- knock on it
- carve it
- make a silly face on it
- cut it
- punch it
- throw it up in the air and catch it
- sit on it
- roll it
Then we tried out some of these things, they used it as a chair, knocked on it, it was rolled around a whole lot, I let them hit it, and they all tried to pick it up. When they tried to pick it up they realized that the pumpkin was very heavy!
That is where our next activity came into play. I asked the children one at a time to each compare the weight of the pumpkin to the item. The results were that we found out that a pumpkin is heavier than the garbage can, a feather, a book, and a chair. The pumpkin was lighter than the daycare, the fish tank, Miss Tina, and a car.
The next activity was for the children to predict what they think the inside of the pumpkin looks like. They were super creative with their answers some of which were rocks, nothing, candy, chocolate bars, gooey orange stuff, and pumpkin guts.
When we opened the pumpkin the children were very interested to see what was inside. We pulled out all the seeds and talked about how they felt, how the pumpkin smelled and what it looked like. Once we cleaned out the pumpkin we got out paper and we drew pictures of what the inside of the pumpkin looked like. We had some great seeds and lots of gooey lines.
Once this was complete the children watched as I carved the pumpkin and we put it out in the cubby room for everyone to see.
The final part of the day was when we roasted the pumpkin seeds and the children got to taste them after we had snack. Some of the children did not want to even try the seeds, some did not like them, some liked them at first and then decided they did not like them and the rest LOVED them!
What a great "hands on learning" experience for all of us!
I look forward to many more fun days like today!
During circle time I introduced a special guest, our pumpkin.
We talked about the pumpkin and I asked the children to come up with ideas of things you could do with a pumpkin, some of their answers were:
- knock on it
- carve it
- make a silly face on it
- cut it
- punch it
- throw it up in the air and catch it
- sit on it
- roll it
Then we tried out some of these things, they used it as a chair, knocked on it, it was rolled around a whole lot, I let them hit it, and they all tried to pick it up. When they tried to pick it up they realized that the pumpkin was very heavy!
That is where our next activity came into play. I asked the children one at a time to each compare the weight of the pumpkin to the item. The results were that we found out that a pumpkin is heavier than the garbage can, a feather, a book, and a chair. The pumpkin was lighter than the daycare, the fish tank, Miss Tina, and a car.
The next activity was for the children to predict what they think the inside of the pumpkin looks like. They were super creative with their answers some of which were rocks, nothing, candy, chocolate bars, gooey orange stuff, and pumpkin guts.
When we opened the pumpkin the children were very interested to see what was inside. We pulled out all the seeds and talked about how they felt, how the pumpkin smelled and what it looked like. Once we cleaned out the pumpkin we got out paper and we drew pictures of what the inside of the pumpkin looked like. We had some great seeds and lots of gooey lines.
Once this was complete the children watched as I carved the pumpkin and we put it out in the cubby room for everyone to see.
The final part of the day was when we roasted the pumpkin seeds and the children got to taste them after we had snack. Some of the children did not want to even try the seeds, some did not like them, some liked them at first and then decided they did not like them and the rest LOVED them!
What a great "hands on learning" experience for all of us!
I look forward to many more fun days like today!
Monday, 7 October 2013
October info/schedule
Is it possible that we are already into our second week of October???
This month is chop full of fun! The themes we will be covering this month include families, Thanksgiving, farms (harvest, pumpkins, scarecrows, animals), and autumn (leaves, acorns, trees etc). If you have any items at home that fit into one of these themes that you would like to share with the class please feel free to send it in with your child!
Today we started talking about Thanksgiving and I was very happy when I asked the kids what they were thankful for they all listed the people in their lives! NL added his Grampy's Cadillac.
This month we have started having a helper of the day, this child also gets to bring in an item for show n tell. They also get to be my helper and line leader for the whole day! I have some very helpful children in my class and this gives an opportunity for everyone to have a specific time to help!
October 1st - swimming
October 3rd - Riverview High
October 7th - music
October 8th - swimming
October 9th - Green Pig Corn Maze
October 10th - My Gym
October 11th - Turkey Dinner
October 14th - Thanksgiving HOLIDAY
October 15th - swimming
October 16th - Zoo
October 18th - Dobson Trail Nature Scavenger Hunt
October 21st - music
October 22nd - swimming
October 24th - My Gym
October 28th - music
October 29th - swimming
October 30th - Halloween Party! (bring your costumes!)
October 31st - Riverview High
Thursday, 26 September 2013
September 26th, 2013.
Once again My Gym was a hit! The kids love it!! I took some great photos that I cannot wait to post as soon as I get them printed!!!
I just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow is BIKE DAY!!!! The sun is finally going to be shinning so we are going to take our bikes for a spin! :D yipee
I just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow is BIKE DAY!!!! The sun is finally going to be shinning so we are going to take our bikes for a spin! :D yipee
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